Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Gold-Lace Nudibranch
Halgerda terramtuentis
Gold-Lace Nudibranch
Category: Dorid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Halgerda terramtuentis
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2 to 5 cm)  
Depth: 15-100 ft. (5-30 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Doridida (Order)
     └Doridoidei (Infraorder)
      └Doridoidea (Superfamily)
       └Discodorididae (Family)
        └Halgerda (Genus)

Sea Slugs
Dorid Nudibranchs

Gold-Lace Nudibranch

Fellow's Nudibranch

Polka Dot Phyllidia

Swollen Phyllidia

Pimpled Phyllidiella

Pimpled Phyllidiella (Green Variation)

Rose Phyllidiella

Gloomy Tambja

Ardeadoris poliahu

Tom Smith's Nudibranch

Many-Lobed Ceratosoma

White-Margin Nudibranch

Goniobranchus sp. 1

Colorful Hypselodoris

Kahuna Nudibranch

Spanish Dancer



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